Proverbiorum 17
1 [Melior est buccella sicca cum gaudio quam domus plena victimis cum jurgio.
[is] good A morsel dry and quietness with it more than a house full sacrifices of strife.
2 Servus sapiens dominabitur filiis stultis, et inter fratres hæreditatem dividet.
A servant [who] acts prudently he will rule over a son [who] acts shamefully and in among brothers he will share [the] inheritance.
3 Sicut igne probatur argentum et aurum camino, ita corda probat Dominus.
A crucible [is] for silver and a smelting furnace [is] for gold and [is] testing hearts Yahweh.
4 Malus obedit linguæ iniquæ, et fallax obtemperat labiis mendacibus.
An evil-doer [is] paying attention on a lip of wickedness deception [is] giving ear on a tongue of destruction.
5 Qui despicit pauperem exprobrat factori ejus, et qui ruina lætatur alterius non erit impunitus.
[one who] mocks the Poor [person] he reproaches maker his [a person] joyful for calamity not he will go unpunished.
6 Corona senum filii filiorum, et gloria filiorum patres eorum.
[are the] crown of Old [people] children of children and [are the] honor of children parents their.
7 Non decent stultum verba composita, nec principem labium mentiens.
Not [is] suitable for a fool a lip of excellence indeed? for for a noble [person] a lip of deception.
8 Gemma gratissima exspectatio præstolantis; quocumque se vertit, prudenter intelligit.
[is] a stone of Favor the bribe in [the] eyes of owners its to all that he turns he prospers.
9 Qui celat delictum quærit amicitias; qui altero sermone repetit, separat fœderatos.
[one who] conceals A transgression [is] seeking love and [one who] repeats a matter [is] separating a close friend.
10 Plus proficit correptio apud prudentem, quam centum plagæ apud stultum.
It goes deep a rebuke in [one who] understands more than striking a fool a hundred [times].
11 Semper jurgia quærit malus: angelus autem crudelis mittetur contra eum.
Only rebellion he seeks an evil [person] and a messenger cruel he will be sent in him.
12 Expedit magis ursæ occurrere raptis fœtibus, quam fatuo confidenti in stultitia sua.
May he meet a bear robbed of cubs a person and may not [he meet] a fool in foolishness his.
13 Qui reddit mala pro bonis, non recedet malum de domo ejus.
[one who] returns Evil for good not (it will depart *Q(k)*) evil from house his.
14 Qui dimittit aquam caput est jurgiorum, et antequam patiatur contumeliam judicium deserit.]
[is one who] lets out Water [the] beginning of strife and before it has broken out the dispute abandon.
15 [Qui justificat impium, et qui condemnat justum, abominabilis est uterque apud Deum.
[one who] justifies [the] wicked And [one who] condemns as guilty [the] righteous [are] [the] abomination of Yahweh also both of them.
16 Quid prodest stulto habere divitias, cum sapientiam emere non possit? Qui altum facit domum suam quærit ruinam, et qui evitat discere incidet in mala.
Why? this [is] a price in [the] hand of a fool to acquire wisdom and [is] heart there not.
17 Omni tempore diligit qui amicus est, et frater in angustiis comprobatur.
At every time [is] loving the friend and a brother for adversity he is born.
18 Stultus homo plaudet manibus, cum spoponderit pro amico suo.
A person lacking of heart [is] striking a palm [is] pledging a pledge before neighbor his.
19 Qui meditatur discordias diligit rixas, et qui exaltat ostium quærit ruinam.
[one who] loves Transgression [is] loving contention [one who] makes high entrance his [is] seeking ruin.
20 Qui perversi cordis est non inveniet bonum, et qui vertit linguam incidet in malum.
[a person] twisted of Heart not he finds good and [one who] is perverted in tongue his he falls in trouble.
21 Natus est stultus in ignominiam suam; sed nec pater in fatuo lætabitur.
[one who] begets A fool to grief of him and not he rejoices [the] father of a fool.
22 Animus gaudens ætatem floridam facit; spiritus tristis exsiccat ossa.
A heart joyful it makes good healing and a spirit stricken it dries up bone[s].
23 Munera de sinu impius accipit, ut pervertat semitas judicii.
A bribe from [the] bosom a wicked [person] he accepts to turn aside [the] paths of justice.
24 In facie prudentis lucet sapientia; oculi stultorum in finibus terræ.
[is] with [the] face of [one who] has understanding Wisdom and [the] eyes of a fool [are] at [the] end of [the] earth.
25 Ira patris filius stultus, et dolor matris quæ genuit eum.
[is] grief To father his a son a fool and bitterness to [the] [one who] bore him.
26 Non est bonum damnum inferre justo, nec percutere principem qui recta judicat.
Also to impose a fine to righteous [person] not [is] good to strike noble [people] [is] on uprightness.
27 Qui moderatur sermones suos doctus et prudens est, et pretiosi spiritus vir eruditus.
[one who] restrains Words his [is] knowing knowledge ([a person] noble of *Q(K)*) spirit [is] a person of understanding.
28 Stultus quoque, si tacuerit, sapiens reputabitur, et si compresserit labia sua, intelligens.]
Also a fool [who] keeps silent wise he is considered [who] shuts lips his discerning.
